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TAB. LV. 



Pleurothallis truncata, LindL 



Folio ovato-lanceolato acuminate racemis geminis aequali, 

 caule pluries longiore, sepalis lateralibus in unum ovatum 

 connatis superiore cucullato duplo minorlbus, petalis lineari- 

 oblongis, labello truncato involute. LindL MS. 



Hab. Trees in woods, west side of Pichincha. Flowers 



orange- coloured. JProf. TV. Jameson. 



Caulis erectusj strictus, teres^ vnginatus, fere pedalis, folio 

 ovato-lanceolato, striate, duplo breviore terminatus. Racemi 

 gemini folii longiLudine, breviuscule pedunculati. Bractece 

 membranaceoe, convoluta:, ovario breviores. Flores parvi. 

 Perianthium subclausum. Sepalum superius ovatum, magnum, 

 cucullatum, 2 lateralia in unum superiors duplo minus unitum. 

 Petala lineari-oblonga, longitudine celumnas aptera?. Anthera 

 hemispherica : Pollinia 2. Labellum petalis subduplo brevius, 

 latum, insigniter truncatum, lateribus involutis. 



Fig. 1. Portion of the rachis, with a flower and bractea. 



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/ 3. Side view of do. / 



lals, column, and lip: — magnified. 



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